Intel Smart Response Installation Guide
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...the new version RST driver, please check our website for the latest information: http://www.asrock.com * Before you use Enhanced or Maximized Mode. 6. Complete initial system setup, including installing the OS to [RAID Mode]. Boot system to accelerate AND the SSD in the near future. UI setup ..." button on the GUI panel. 5. It is not necessary to show the newly accelerated system configuration. * Intel® will refresh to build RAID 0 or RAID 1 in Icon tray, lower right-hand corner of the screen. 4. For all required drivers, including RST storage driver version 10.5 or later....
...the new version RST driver, please check our website for the latest information: http://www.asrock.com * Before you use Enhanced or Maximized Mode. 6. Complete initial system setup, including installing the OS to [RAID Mode]. Boot system to accelerate AND the SSD in the near future. UI setup ..." button on the GUI panel. 5. It is not necessary to show the newly accelerated system configuration. * Intel® will refresh to build RAID 0 or RAID 1 in Icon tray, lower right-hand corner of the screen. 4. For all required drivers, including RST storage driver version 10.5 or later....
Intel Rapid Storage Guide
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...two to six drives in the event of a hard drive failure. When using one or more than one of three fault-tolerant RAID levels: RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10. Intel Rapid Storage Technology can reduce the power consumption of the chipset and Serial ATA (SATA) hard drive. 1 AHCI also... Rapid Storage Technology provides benefits to users of faster boot times and data reads. Also, due to drive load balancing, even systems with RAID 1 can take advantage of a single drive as editing home video. Guide to Intel Rapid Storage Overview Intel® Rapid Storage Technology provides...
...two to six drives in the event of a hard drive failure. When using one or more than one of three fault-tolerant RAID levels: RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10. Intel Rapid Storage Technology can reduce the power consumption of the chipset and Serial ATA (SATA) hard drive. 1 AHCI also... Rapid Storage Technology provides benefits to users of faster boot times and data reads. Also, due to drive load balancing, even systems with RAID 1 can take advantage of a single drive as editing home video. Guide to Intel Rapid Storage Overview Intel® Rapid Storage Technology provides...
Intel Rapid Storage Guide
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Here we take RAID 1 for example. 3. In "Select Volume Type", click "Real-time data protection (RAID 1)". Create a RAID Array 1. Click the "Create" icon to create a RAID array. Click "Next". 6 Double-click "Intel Rapid Storage Technology" icon, then below main screen appears. 2.
Here we take RAID 1 for example. 3. In "Select Volume Type", click "Real-time data protection (RAID 1)". Create a RAID Array 1. Click the "Create" icon to create a RAID array. Click "Next". 6 Double-click "Intel Rapid Storage Technology" icon, then below main screen appears. 2.
Intel Rapid Storage Guide
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Click "Next". 5. In "Configure Volume", you may review the selected configuration. In "Confirm Volume Creation", you need to key-in the Volume Name with 1-16 letters, select the RAID disks, and then specify the volume size. Then click "Create Volume". 7 4.
Click "Next". 5. In "Configure Volume", you may review the selected configuration. In "Confirm Volume Creation", you need to key-in the Volume Name with 1-16 letters, select the RAID disks, and then specify the volume size. Then click "Create Volume". 7 4.
Intel Rapid Storage Guide
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10. Then follow the instructions on the New Simple Volume Wizard. 11. Finally you can start to use RAID 1 function. 10
10. Then follow the instructions on the New Simple Volume Wizard. 11. Finally you can start to use RAID 1 function. 10
Intel Rapid Storage Guide
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Delete a RAID Array You can also use this utility to delete the RAID array or configure other RAID functions. 11
Delete a RAID Array You can also use this utility to delete the RAID array or configure other RAID functions. 11
Intel Rapid Storage Guide
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...Self-Test (POST) memory test begins. 2. When the Intel Rapid Storage Technology option ROM status screen appears during operating system setup. Select 1: Create RAID Volume and press Enter. 3. Select the appropriate number of hard drives and press Space to select the drive. Enetr the Advanced menu. 3. Create... a RAID Volume Use the following steps to save the BIOS settings and exit the BIOS Setup program. The F6 installation method is not required for ...
...Self-Test (POST) memory test begins. 2. When the Intel Rapid Storage Technology option ROM status screen appears during operating system setup. Select 1: Create RAID Volume and press Enter. 3. Select the appropriate number of hard drives and press Space to select the drive. Enetr the Advanced menu. 3. Create... a RAID Volume Use the following steps to save the BIOS settings and exit the BIOS Setup program. The F6 installation method is not required for ...
Intel Rapid Storage Guide
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...disk into Drive A:, insert ;a floppy disk containing the following steps to create the volume. 9. 7. Press Y to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver. Press F6 when you see a prompt that says, Press F6 if you to load support for mass storage device(s). 2. When you have ...floppy disk with a screen asking you need to confirm your controller from the list of Windows setup (during operating system setup: 1. Install the RAID Driver Using the F6 Installation Method Perform the following files: IAAHCI.INF, IAAHCI.CAT, IASTOR.INF, IASTOR.CAT, IASTOR.SYS, and TXTSETUP.OEM...
...disk into Drive A:, insert ;a floppy disk containing the following steps to create the volume. 9. 7. Press Y to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver. Press F6 when you see a prompt that says, Press F6 if you to load support for mass storage device(s). 2. When you have ...floppy disk with a screen asking you need to confirm your controller from the list of Windows setup (during operating system setup: 1. Install the RAID Driver Using the F6 Installation Method Perform the following files: IAAHCI.INF, IAAHCI.CAT, IASTOR.INF, IASTOR.CAT, IASTOR.SYS, and TXTSETUP.OEM...
Intel Rapid Storage Guide
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... will need to copy the files again from the floppy to the Windows installation folders. During Windows setup, create a partition and file system on the RAID volume as needed. 7.
... will need to copy the files again from the floppy to the Windows installation folders. During Windows setup, create a partition and file system on the RAID volume as needed. 7.
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... will need to reinstall the operating system. If you wish to enable it, you will not be able to use RAID Note without installing a third-party RAID controller card. • Your RAID controller is the boot Warning drive. Turn off the system and install one or more additional hard drives. 3. If ...your RAID controller is not enabled, enabling the RAID controller is not recommended or supported when a SATA hard drive is enabled. If both of the above conditions are met, use the ...
... will need to reinstall the operating system. If you wish to enable it, you will not be able to use RAID Note without installing a third-party RAID controller card. • Your RAID controller is the boot Warning drive. Turn off the system and install one or more additional hard drives. 3. If ...your RAID controller is not enabled, enabling the RAID controller is not recommended or supported when a SATA hard drive is enabled. If both of the above conditions are met, use the ...
Intel Rapid Storage Guide
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...support for mass storage device(s). 2. You will then be used to install the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology driver using F6 when in AHCI/RAID mode In order to install an operating system onto a single Serial ATA hard drive when the system is in the status line that says,...create a floppy disk with a screen asking you to Specify Additional Device. 3. Setup will happen immediately after pressing F6. When you see a message in RAID mode or AHCI mode, the F6 installation method must be prompted with the necessary files. You do not have a floppy drive on Microsoft Windows 7 and...
...support for mass storage device(s). 2. You will then be used to install the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology driver using F6 when in AHCI/RAID mode In order to install an operating system onto a single Serial ATA hard drive when the system is in the status line that says,...create a floppy disk with a screen asking you to Specify Additional Device. 3. Setup will happen immediately after pressing F6. When you see a message in RAID mode or AHCI mode, the F6 installation method must be prompted with the necessary files. You do not have a floppy drive on Microsoft Windows 7 and...
RAID Installation Guide
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...® 8.1 / 8.1 64-bit / 8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit With RAID Functions 7 2.4 Configuring a RAID array 8 2.4.1 Configuring a RAID array Using UEFI Setup Utility....... 9 2.4.2 Configuring a RAID array Using Intel RAID BIOS....... 13 3. Installing Windows® on a HDD under 2TB in RAID mode 18 1 Installing Windows® on a HDD larger than 2TB in RAID mode 17 4. Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation...
...® 8.1 / 8.1 64-bit / 8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit With RAID Functions 7 2.4 Configuring a RAID array 8 2.4.1 Configuring a RAID array Using UEFI Setup Utility....... 9 2.4.2 Configuring a RAID array Using Intel RAID BIOS....... 13 3. Installing Windows® on a HDD under 2TB in RAID mode 18 1 Installing Windows® on a HDD larger than 2TB in RAID mode 17 4. Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation...
RAID Installation Guide
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You may install SATA hard disks on this guide carefully according to create RAID on SATA ports. 2 This section will guide you how to the Intel southbridge chipset that your motherboard adopts. Please read the RAID configurations in this motherboard for internal storage devices. Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation 1.1 Serial ATA (SATA) Hard Disks Installation Intel chipset supports Serial ATA (SATA) hard disks with RAID functions, including RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10 and Intel Rapid Storage. 1.
You may install SATA hard disks on this guide carefully according to create RAID on SATA ports. 2 This section will guide you how to the Intel southbridge chipset that your motherboard adopts. Please read the RAID configurations in this motherboard for internal storage devices. Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation 1.1 Serial ATA (SATA) Hard Disks Installation Intel chipset supports Serial ATA (SATA) hard disks with RAID functions, including RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10 and Intel Rapid Storage. 1.
RAID Installation Guide
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...transfer rate. WARNING!! Hot-Plug any fault tolerance. RAID The term "RAID" stands for "Redundant Array of data from one logical unit. Guide to RAID Configurations 2.1 Introduction of RAID This motherboard adopts Intel southbridge chipset that copies and maintains...model and capacity when creating a RAID set. RAID 1 (Data Mirroring) RAID 1 is called data mirroring that integrates RAID controller supporting RAID 0 / RAID 1/ Intel Rapid Storage / RAID 10 / RAID 5 function with four independent Serial ATA (SATA) channels. RAID 0 (Data Striping) RAID 0 is called data striping ...
...transfer rate. WARNING!! Hot-Plug any fault tolerance. RAID The term "RAID" stands for "Redundant Array of data from one logical unit. Guide to RAID Configurations 2.1 Introduction of RAID This motherboard adopts Intel southbridge chipset that copies and maintains...model and capacity when creating a RAID set. RAID 1 (Data Mirroring) RAID 1 is called data mirroring that integrates RAID controller supporting RAID 0 / RAID 1/ Intel Rapid Storage / RAID 10 / RAID 5 function with four independent Serial ATA (SATA) channels. RAID 0 (Data Striping) RAID 0 is called data striping ...
RAID Installation Guide
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... fault-tolerance as mirroring alone. A minimum of four hard disk drives is a striped configuration with RAID 1 segments whose segments are RAID 1 arrays. In some instances, a RAID 10 configuration can sustain multiple simultaneous drive failure. The Intel Rapid Storage technology creates two partitions on ...each hard disk drive to create a virtual RAID 0 and RAID 1 sets. This technology also allows you to create a RAID 0 and RAID 1 set using only two identical hard disk drives. RAID 10 achieves high input / output rates by striping RAID 1 segments. Intel Rapid Storage The Intel ...
... fault-tolerance as mirroring alone. A minimum of four hard disk drives is a striped configuration with RAID 1 segments whose segments are RAID 1 arrays. In some instances, a RAID 10 configuration can sustain multiple simultaneous drive failure. The Intel Rapid Storage technology creates two partitions on ...each hard disk drive to create a virtual RAID 0 and RAID 1 sets. This technology also allows you to create a RAID 0 and RAID 1 set using only two identical hard disk drives. RAID 10 achieves high input / output rates by striping RAID 1 segments. Intel Rapid Storage The Intel ...
RAID Installation Guide
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RAID 5 RAID 5 stripes both data and parity information across three or more hard disk drives. The RAID 5 configuration is best suited for transaction processing, relational database applications, enterprise resource planning, and other business systems. Use a minimum of RAID 5 configuration include better HDD performance, fault tolerance, and higher storage capacity. Among the advantages of three identical hard disk drives for this setup. 5
RAID 5 RAID 5 stripes both data and parity information across three or more hard disk drives. The RAID 5 configuration is best suited for transaction processing, relational database applications, enterprise resource planning, and other business systems. Use a minimum of RAID 5 configuration include better HDD performance, fault tolerance, and higher storage capacity. Among the advantages of three identical hard disk drives for this setup. 5
RAID Installation Guide
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... storage size. In the process you use an existing drive and a new drive to create a RAID 1 (mirroring) array for data protection (the new drive must be of different sizes, the smaller... capacity hard disk will be the base storage size for the RAID 1 set up your hard disks before you use two SATA drives of the same size. ... capa- Please backup your future data building will ask if you set is 120GB. 2. 2.2 RAID Configurations Precautions 1. It is recommended to select "Yes", and then your data first before you want...
... storage size. In the process you use an existing drive and a new drive to create a RAID 1 (mirroring) array for data protection (the new drive must be of different sizes, the smaller... capacity hard disk will be the base storage size for the RAID 1 set up your hard disks before you use two SATA drives of the same size. ... capa- Please backup your future data building will ask if you set is 120GB. 2. 2.2 RAID Configurations Precautions 1. It is recommended to select "Yes", and then your data first before you want...
RAID Installation Guide
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...p.8 -17 of this feature is not available for instructions on how to enter BIOS setup utility. Go to Advanced Storage Configuration and set the necessary RAID items in the BIOS before you want to confirm the selection C. STEP 4: Install Windows® 8.1 / 8.1 64-bit / 8 / 8 ... please follow the procedures below. Enter UEFI SETUP UTILITY Tool and highlight "Easy RAID Installer". STEP 2: Use ASRock Easy RAID Installer Easy RAID Installer can copy the RAID driver from a support CD to [RAID]. Follow the onscreen instruction to save your system. 7 Plug in UEFI setup....
...p.8 -17 of this feature is not available for instructions on how to enter BIOS setup utility. Go to Advanced Storage Configuration and set the necessary RAID items in the BIOS before you want to confirm the selection C. STEP 4: Install Windows® 8.1 / 8.1 64-bit / 8 / 8 ... please follow the procedures below. Enter UEFI SETUP UTILITY Tool and highlight "Easy RAID Installer". STEP 2: Use ASRock Easy RAID Installer Easy RAID Installer can copy the RAID driver from a support CD to [RAID]. Follow the onscreen instruction to save your system. 7 Plug in UEFI setup....
RAID Installation Guide
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Please refer to the table below to choose the corresponding RAID Utility. 2.4 Configuring a RAID array You can configure a RAID array using either UEFI Setup Utility or Intel® RAID BIOS setup utility, depending on the HDD capacity and the OS you are installing. OS HDD Capacity ... 2.2 TB Not supported Option ROM Setting UEFI SETUP UTILITY\Boot\ CSM [Launch Storage n/a OpROM policy] = [UEFI only] Required RAID Utility UEFI Setup Utility Intel® RAID BIOS setup utility OS HDD Capacity Ultra Fast Boot Windows 8.1 / 8 Under 2.2 Over 2.2 TB TB Over 2.2 TB Enabled Enabled...
Please refer to the table below to choose the corresponding RAID Utility. 2.4 Configuring a RAID array You can configure a RAID array using either UEFI Setup Utility or Intel® RAID BIOS setup utility, depending on the HDD capacity and the OS you are installing. OS HDD Capacity ... 2.2 TB Not supported Option ROM Setting UEFI SETUP UTILITY\Boot\ CSM [Launch Storage n/a OpROM policy] = [UEFI only] Required RAID Utility UEFI Setup Utility Intel® RAID BIOS setup utility OS HDD Capacity Ultra Fast Boot Windows 8.1 / 8 Under 2.2 Over 2.2 TB TB Over 2.2 TB Enabled Enabled...
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STEP 2: Enter Intel(R) Rapid Storage Technology in Advanced page. 2.4.1 Configuring a RAID array Using UEFI Setup Utility STEP 1: Enter the UEFI Setup Utility by pressing or right after you power on the computer. STEP 3: Select the option Create RAID Volume and press . 9
STEP 2: Enter Intel(R) Rapid Storage Technology in Advanced page. 2.4.1 Configuring a RAID array Using UEFI Setup Utility STEP 1: Enter the UEFI Setup Utility by pressing or right after you power on the computer. STEP 3: Select the option Create RAID Volume and press . 9
